UGC NET 2019 Exam Overview

Conducted by: NTA (Role of NTA is only upto the conduct of NET Examination and declaration of result)

E-certificates of Qualified Candidates issued by: UGC-NET Bureau

UGC NET 2019 June will be conducted by NTA on 20th, 21st, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th June 2019

UGC-NET Notification and online application form submission starts from 01st March 2019

UGC NET 2019 (June) - National Testing Agency (NTA) on behalf of the University Grants Commission invites application for National Eligibility Test (NET) June 2019

The NTA will be conducting the UGC NET 2019 June Exam for the posts of Junior Research Fellowship or eligibility for Assistant Professor or both in Indian University between 20th to 28th June 2019.

Interested candidates can read this notification for more information associated with the UGC NET 2019 application form, registration process, exam pattern, important dates etc. given on the page below.

UGC NET 2019 June Exam is conducted for the posts of Junior Research Fellowship or eligibility for Assistant Professor or both in Indian University.

The complete eligibility criteria for JRF and Assistant professor programmes is given below:

Age Criteria

For JRF

Not more than 30 years as on 01st June 2019. A relaxation upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to OBC (Non-creamy layer, as per the Central list of OBC available on Website www.ncbc.nic.in) SC/ST/PwD/Transgender categories and to women applicants.

Relaxation will also be provided to the candidates having research experience, limited to the period spent on research in the relevant/related subject of post-graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years, on production of a certificate from appropriate authority.

Three years relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates possessing LLM Degree.

A relaxation of upto 5 years is provided to the candidates who have served in the armed forces subject to the length of service in the armed forces upto the first day of the month in which the concerned UGC-NET is to be held. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any circumstances.

For Assistant Professor

There is no upper age limit for applying for Assistant Professor.

Educational Qualification

The candidates applying for UGC NET June 2019 should have qualified the Master’s degree or equivalent in listed subjects scoring 55% from any state or central recognized university (50% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates) in Humanities (including languages) and Social Science, Computer Science and Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for this Test.

The Other Backward Classes (OBC) belonging to non-creamy layer/SC/ST/persons with disability (PwD) category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent exam are eligible for this Test.

Candidates who are pursuing their Master’s degree or equivalent course or candidates who have appeared for their qualifying Master’s degree (final year) exam and whose result is still awaited or candidates whose qualifying exams have been delayed may also apply for this test.

However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for award of JRF/eligibility for Assistant Professor only after they have passed their Master’s Degree OR equivalent exam with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of OBC falling in Non Creamy layer/SC/ST/PwD category candidates)

Such candidates must complete their Masters degree or equivalent exam within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified

Candidates belonging to the transgender category would be eligible to draw the same relaxation in fee, age and qualifying criteria for NET (i.e. JRF and Assistant Professor) as are available to SC/ST/PwD categories. The subject wise cut-offs for this category should be the lowest among those for SC/ST/PwD/OBC–NCL categories in the corresponding subject

he PhD degree holders whose Master’s level exam have been completed by19th September 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e. From 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET

Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their Post-Graduation only. The candidates, whose Post Graduation subject is not covered in the list of NET subjects attached as Annexure-III, may appear in a related subject

Candidates having post-graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University/ Institute OR foreign degree/diploma/certificate awarded by the foreign University/institute should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their diploma/degree/certificate with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi (www.aiu.ac.in).

Exemption (Eligibility for Assistant Professor)

NET/SET/SLET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors in Universities/Colleges/ Institutions. In this regard, exemption from NET/SET/SLET will be governed by UGC regulations and amendments notified in the Gazette of India from time to time.

The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from appearing in NET.

For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the States Eligibility Test (SET)accredited by UGC for Assistant Professor held prior to 1st June 2002, are exempted from appearing in NET, and are eligible to apply for Assistant Professor anywhere in India.

For SET held from 1st June 2002 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of Assistant Professor only in the universities/colleges situated in the State from where they have cleared their SET.

UGC NET 2019 Exam Scheme and Schedule

The Test will consist of two papers. Both the papers will consist of only objective type questions and will be held on 20th, 21st, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th June 2019 in two separate sessions as under:

Session

First (Paper-I): 100 Marks (50 out of which 50 questions all are compulsory) [Duration: 1 Hours (09.30 AM to 10.30 AM, IST)]

Paper-I shall consist of 50 objective type compulsory questions each carrying 2 marks. The questions which will be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate.

Paper-II shall consist of 100 objective type compulsory questions each carrying 2 marks which will be based on the subject selected by the candidate. All the questions of Paper-II will be compulsory, covering entire syllabi of earlier Paper II & Paper-III (including all electives, without options).

Candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I & Paper-II on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Sheet provided along with the test booklet.

Detailed instructions for filling up the OMR sheet are given on page 16 and 17. It may be noted that these instructions to candidates will not be sent to any of the candidate by post.

UGC NET Admit Card 2019

Candidates will get the admit card after the submission of application form online. Admit card is the necessary documentation required for appearing in the test. It includes details related to the candidate name, roll no, date of birth, examination date & timings, exam centre, photograph & signature etc.

UGC NET Admit Card has to be downloaded from the official site by entering the login credentials Don't forget to bring the admit card on the exam date, otherwise, the invigilator will not permit you to enter the exam hall and appear for the exam

UGC NET 2019 June Application Form

The application form for UGC NET June 2019 can be obtained from the official website, https://www.nta.ac.in/Home

The candidates are supposed to fill the complete and true details in the application form. The details such as personal information, academic qualification, communication details, etc will be filled in the application. Scanned images of documents in the below-mentioned format must also be uploaded in the online form.

After submitting all the details in the UGC NET June 2019 application form, the candidates will have to pay application fee.

Application Fee

The UGC NET June 2019 application fee can be paid by credit card/ debit card or through e-Challan (Syndicate/Canara/ICICI Bank). The application fee for UGC NET June 2019 is given as:

General - Rs.800/-

Other Backward Classes (OBC)-(NCL) - Rs.400/-

SC/ST/PwD/ Transgender - Rs.200/-

GST/Processing charges & GST are to be paid by the candidate, as applicable

Candidates need to apply for UGC NET in online mode only and there is no need of sending the hard copy of the application form to the concerned authority. However, the candidates must keep a copy of the UGC NET application form 2019 with them in case of future use.